Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife gaia stone survives, only to be captured by the people of sylum, a dystopian soc...Striking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife gaia stone survives, only to be captured by the people of sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime. In order to see her sister again, gaia must submit to their strict social code and the oppressive rules of matrarc olivia.